158 THE entomologist's record. 



two Apatura ilia ab. ch/tie, before filling my water-bottles at the 

 fountain. Of the whole I seem to have five ab. dytie and seven blacks. 

 One of these last is ab. dytie or Apatura ilia. One or two blacks are 

 very fine, with scarce a speck of white, whilst one has the forewings 

 black and the hindwings much as usual. I think though my best 

 catch of all will be a lovely little ab. of the "Comma." It has a few 

 large dark spots on upperside. It is small but shaped like a usual 

 Polyyonia c-album. As the sun went in I went to \ookiov Nordmannia 

 {Theda) acacicB, and found them very lively, taking eight in about 

 fifteen minutes. I took also there the first Satynm circe I have caught 

 for some sixteen years. 



P.S. — Two of the ab. dytie are large and handsome. Apatura 

 ilia was more common to-day than Apatura iris." 



7. Apaturidi. 



"Aigle, July 11th, 1905. 

 "Having now ended my catch of Apaturids, I think you will like to 

 hear the total is 156. This includes 22 Apatura dytie (you see I 

 count dytie now as a type) and 18 blacks (with three or four inter- 

 mediates). There is also a ? amongst them. One day I went for an 

 hour into a forest one mile 8.S.W. of Chavornay, and although the 

 sun went in at times I took eight easily, including two Apatura dytie. 

 1 had not time in the ten days (June 29th — July 8th) to visit any wood 

 at or towards Yvonand. On the 8th at Eclepens the sun was out all 

 the time and I took 42, but only two of these in the clearing, which 

 was practically deserted, as was the pit. On your high road^- there were 

 lots. I got eight dytie but only two black abs. Most were still in 

 very yood condition." 



8. Butterflies at Binn. 



" Hotel Ofenhorn, Binn, July 21st, 1905. 

 " The season has been so backward here that when I went up a 

 little height on Saturday I found no Erebia at all above the valley. A 

 few Colias palaeno were flying, and lots of Melitaea uierojie, Melitaea 

 parthenie var. varia, Polyoiu)jiati(s eras, and Latiuriiia orbitulun. 

 Yesterday near the Albrun Pass was better, and I found some Erebia 

 umeatra with their dark bordered upperwings nearly as narrow as those 

 of Erebia diristi, but not so regular or clearly cut. I got about ten 

 Melitaea cyiitJiia in one spot (several rather black) ; one Vacciniina 

 [Polyo)Uiuatus) ojitilete ; two Erebia yorye ; and the first Erebia euryale 

 and Parnassius deli us. On the white Dolomite rocks vegetation was 

 too little advanced for "Erebias" to be out. I have not seen Erebia 

 cassiope, Erebia pliarte, Erebia alecto var. ylacialis. Two days ago I got 



two Aricia [Pulyommatus) douzelii This does not look like 



the place for JlrentJiis thore, Erebia cripliyle, or Brent/tis pales var. 

 arsiladie." 



9. Binn. 



"Hotel Ofenhorn, Binn, August 9th, 1905. 



" Have got little lately until to-day on W. side of the Stockhorn 



(just above Binn). I got a nice lot (say twelve) $ Colias palaeno — 



most white, but three were pale yellow, two of them very fresh. 



Amongst the $ s is one with patches or bars of greenish colour on the 



* i.e., Between Oulens and Bavois. — [G.W.] 



